50501@50501.chatB to /r/50501 Mirror@50501.chatEnglish · 2 days agoShit is getting serious when /Comics lockdown stuff and start banning people that commented in it when it hit front page.r.50501.chatimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1424arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1420arrow-down1imageShit is getting serious when /Comics lockdown stuff and start banning people that commented in it when it hit front page.r.50501.chat50501@50501.chatB to /r/50501 Mirror@50501.chatEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·2 days agoNope. Half-mast or half-staff would both be correct.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·2 days agoThe US flag code makes that specification.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoThe English language does not. This comic wasn’t produced by the US flag code.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down9·2 days agoBut it is about the flag…
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoIt’s being spoken by an everyday person. That is a term that everyday people use. It makes no sense to take issue with it.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·2 days agoIt makes no sense to correct someone when they’re wrong?
minus-squareOlhonestjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoIf you wish to correct an entire culture against using a common idiom, enjoy your uphill battle. Everybody says half-mast.
minus-squareOlhonestjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 day agoIt’s ok to just let some things go.
minus-squareAlpha71@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoIndeed, I’m half mast right now…
minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 days agoyes, the funny textile with graphics that is commonly associated with polls. your point being?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThe same one that disallows thin blue line flags? And flags with AI buff trump printed on them? And the president humping a flagpole during a press conference? If they don’t care about it why should you?
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 days agoYep, those are all examples of breaking the flag code. why should you? I hold myself to a higher standard than those brain dead people. I’m not perfect, but when something is this easy to follow, why wouldn’t I?
Nope. Half-mast or half-staff would both be correct.
The US flag code makes that specification.
The English language does not. This comic wasn’t produced by the US flag code.
But it is about the flag…
It’s being spoken by an everyday person. That is a term that everyday people use. It makes no sense to take issue with it.
It makes no sense to correct someone when they’re wrong?
If you wish to correct an entire culture against using a common idiom, enjoy your uphill battle. Everybody says half-mast.
Not everybody
It’s ok to just let some things go.
Indeed, I’m half mast right now…
yes, the funny textile with graphics that is commonly associated with polls. your point being?
The same one that disallows thin blue line flags? And flags with AI buff trump printed on them? And the president humping a flagpole during a press conference? If they don’t care about it why should you?
Yep, those are all examples of breaking the flag code.
I hold myself to a higher standard than those brain dead people. I’m not perfect, but when something is this easy to follow, why wouldn’t I?